שִׁנְעָר

שִׁנְעָר proper name, of a location Shinar = Babylonia (= Babylonian Šumêr according to COT^{1 Mos 11,1} and others, > denied by Hal^{Rev. Crit. 1883, 44} Jen^{ZK ii(1885), 419}; Egyptian Sangar (WMM^As.u.Eur.279), Tel Amarna Šan—ar (Wkl^{TelAm. 25}) identification with ׳שׁ by Mey^{Egyptiaca 63}; compare, further, Pinches^{Hast. DB SHINAR}); — ׳אֶרֶץ שׁ 1 Mos 10,10; 1 Mos 11,2; Zak 5,11; Dan 1,2 ׳מֶלֶךְשֿׁ (Amraphel) 1 Mos 14,2; 1 Mos 14,9 ׳שׁ alone Es 11,11 (as place of diaspora); ׳אַדֶּרֶת שׁ Jos 7,21 ᵐ5 usually Σεν(ν)ααρ; Zak 5,11 (ἐν γῆ) Βαβυλῶνος.

שְׁנָת sleep, see שֵׁנָה below יָשֵׁן.